Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Sorrow After the Ashes

The movement Zhang Ziheng made outside shocked Master Zhang Yao and Granny Yao to bounce off the bed.Granny Yao was busy touching matches to light the kerosene lamp, and Master Zhang Yao was busy looking for clothes to wear. Zhang Yaoye was wearing clothes carelessly in the dark and said to himself: "Why is Ziheng so eager to smash the door outside? Could it be that something happened to Xiao Yangzi?" Said that he had opened the door of the room, and ran out with a pair of cotton shoes. When I opened the gate, I saw Zhang Ziheng and five or six stunned young boys standing at the gate with panicked expressions on their faces.

Zhang Yaoye asked: "What happened, Ziheng? Xiaobai didn't come back with you?" Zhang Ziheng said, "I'm here to tell you about Xiaobai." Hearing what Zhang Ziheng said, Master Zhang Yao's heart trembled immediately, and he said, "Tell me quickly, what happened to Xiao Yangzi?" At this moment, Zhang Ziheng pointed to the sky to the west and said, "Look, Lord Yao." Master Zhang Yao looked in the direction of Zhang Ziheng's finger, and saw that the sky in the west was as red as if it was on fire. %文% "Could it be that there was a fire in a village over there?" Zhang Yaoye said.

%人%Zhang Ziheng said: "The mountain in the Chaoxia Temple was on fire, and the fire was huge!" %Book% When Master Zhang Yao heard this, his heart was agitated, and he said, "Zhaoxia Temple? Could it be the place Xiaobai went to?" %屋% "Xiaobai is going to Zhaoxia Temple. I guess something happened to Xiaobai." Grandpa Zhang's calf trembled and said, "Why didn't you come back with her?" Zhang Ziheng said: "I came back alone in the middle of the afternoon and slept in the haystack of the ancestral hall. When I was woken up, I saw a big fire on the top of the mountain of Zhaoxia Temple."

Master Zhang Yao yelled at Zhang Ziheng: "You bastard! Why are you so stupid? I asked you to follow Xiaobai and you came back first. Something must have happened to Xiaobai..." He ran out of the village as he spoke . Standing outside the village, I saw a raging fire on the top of the mountain of Zhaoxia Temple, and the roaring fire reflected the entire sky in the west! Seeing the flames soaring into the sky on the top of Zhaoxia Temple, Master Zhang Yao almost fell down. He said to Zhang Ziheng in a trembling voice, "Ziheng, Zhaoxia Temple cannot be destroyed! We must hurry to put out the fire!"

Zhang Ziheng said: "Master Yao, there are dozens of miles of land! I'm afraid it will be burnt if I go there." Master Zhang Yao no longer had the strength to show his strength to Zhang Ziheng, and said: "I have to save it after the burn! My daughter Xiaobai is still there!" Tears came down as he spoke. Zhang Ziheng said to the stunned boys around him: "Go to the ancestral hall and gather people to put out the fire. Master Yao and I will go first." A bewildered boy turned around and ran towards the ancestral hall. Master Zhang Yao had already walked towards Chaoxia Temple along the path along the ridge of the field.He didn't even notice the unhealed pain on his body.

Zhang Yaoye couldn't help crying while running.He cried to Zhang Ziheng who was following him, "If Xiaobai is gone this time, Ziheng, I will fight for you!" Zhang Ziheng didn't dare to speak back, and took a few foolish boys to run after Zhang Yaoye.Twice Master Zhang Yao was almost knocked down, Zhang Ziheng supported him from behind, and said to him: "Master Yao, slow down, don't make any troubles again." Master Zhang Yao didn't even bother to pay attention to Zhang Ziheng's words. When Zhang Yaoye and Zhang Ziheng took a dozen young and middle-aged men from Woniu Village to the Chaoxia Temple exhausted, the sky was already bright.And the huge Zhaoxia Temple has already turned into a pile of ashes smoking and ruined walls swept away by fireworks.

Looking at the scene in front of them, Master Zhang Yao, Zhang Ziheng and everyone were a little dazed. Seeing Master Zhang Yao and the others rushing over, Yuan Ziqing didn't know each other, didn't say hello, and led the people down the mountain one after another. Master Zhang Yao didn't even have the strength to cry, so he said to Zhang Ziheng who was stunned by the side in despair, "Ziheng, did Xiaobai really come to Zhaoxia Temple?" Zhang Ziheng said, "I don't know either!" Suddenly, Zhang Ziheng turned around and ran down the hill. He wanted to go to the three thatched huts to find Bai Xiaoyang.

Master Zhang Yao saw Zhang Ziheng running down the hill, and he also thought of Zhaofeng's three thatched cottages, followed Zhang Ziheng and rushed up.A group of stupid boys who followed didn't understand what was going on, so they also ran. A group of people hurriedly ran down the mountain, and the momentum was naturally not small.Yuan Ziqing led a group of more than a hundred people exhaustedly walking on the narrow stone steps paved with bluestone slabs, blocking the way of Zhang Ziheng and Zhang Yaoye.Zhang Ziheng recklessly shouted "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" while throwing those who blocked him to both sides of the road.There were two people whose piles were unstable, and Zhang Ziheng pushed their buttocks to sit on the ground.

When Yuan Ziqing and his group saw the menacing group of unidentified people led by Zhang Ziheng approaching, they were a little confused. Yuan Ziqing, whose voice was hoarse as if his throat was filled with sand, asked the people around him: "Where are these people coming from? What are the chickens doing in such a hurry?" The people around him were all like broken windmills that were about to fall apart, even walking crookedly as if floating on the mountain road, so they didn't pay attention to what Yuan Ziqing said. When Zhang Ziheng and Zhang Yaoye came to the three thatched houses where Zhaofeng lived, they were dumbfounded.Zhang Yaoye fell down and sat on the ground, Zhang Ziheng looked at Zhang Yaoye timidly, his face turned pale.

Master Zhang Yao said to Zhang Ziheng in a weeping voice: "Ziheng! Something happened to Xiaobai! Something happened! Gone! My daughter is gone!" Master Zhang Yao looked at Zhang Ziheng with despair and pity in his eyes. Zhang Ziheng didn't know how to comfort Master Zhang Yao, he just stood there like a wooden stake. A group of foolish boys who followed were even more at a loss. Master Zhang Yao began to cry miserably: "Xiaobai! My dear daughter! If I had known this, I shouldn't have let you come! Why are you a family of three so unpopular! This is What's wrong with the world! My master Ritian is a fairy! I don't have eyes! Lord Tian, ​​your dog's eyes were blinded by Lei Ri!..."

Zhang Yaoye scolded God and cried sadly.Zhang Ziheng also couldn't help feeling sad. He went to help Zhang Yaoye, choked up and said, "Yaoye, don't be like this, okay? Maybe Xiaobai is fine at all? The house burned down, didn't you see the dead body yet?" It’s okay if Zhang Ziheng doesn’t persuade him, but after this persuasion, Master Zhang Yao went crazy. He grabbed Zhang Ziheng’s collar, gritted his teeth and said to Zhang Ziheng: “If Xiaobai is really gone! Ziheng, I’ll kill this old man! show you!" Zhang Ziheng didn't dare to talk back, tears of grievance and sadness flowed down his cheeks. Two foolish boys came up to set up Mr. Zhang Yao who was on the ground.Zhang Yaoye finally let go of Zhang Ziheng's collar. Zhang Ziheng asked Master Zhang Yao: "Master Yao, have we gone back?" Master Zhang Yao wiped his tears and said, "Go back? Where? Let me go back to Chaoxia Temple to find him! I can't find Xiaobai, I will crash and die in Chaoxia Temple today! If you are a bitch, just carry my body back!" Zhang Ziheng really has nothing to do with this Master Zhang Yao...